Former New York Jets coach Eric Mangini had a prescient read on team owner Woody Johnson before a Week 5 defeat in London precipitated coach Robert Saleh’s firing Tuesday.
The way Mangini saw things, Johnson’s status as a former U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom raised the stakes for what otherwise might have been just another international game against a non-conference opponent.
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“This is a absolute must-win,” Mangini said on Fox’s “First Things First”. “All of his buddies are going to be over there, and after eating tea and crumpets, he is going to want to be talking about his team and how successful they are.”
The 23-17 defeat to a Minnesota
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